navigate to this website 7/26 We will review all large cap earnings by Saturday 7/28. IBB flat to down over 5 days at $117.87; XBI down 3.2% over 5 days. Technicals do not look good. AstraZeneca (AZN) up 1.9% to $38.15 on $1B new product growth. Stock is at 2018 highs. Biogen (BIIB) stock drops 10% to $344.75 as […]

http://stevestine.com/an-introduction-to-effective-use-of-melody/ Biotech Momentum Boosted by Biogen’s Experimental Drug Biogen Has an Interesting Pipeline of Medicines for Serious Neurological Diseases Broad Biotech Rally-Green Screen Day- Even Large Caps Biotech momentum picked up on Friday after a brief sell-off in late June. Rally is just short of hitting new 2018 highs in the sector. Biotech stocks rallied with […]

J.Morgan Healthcare Conference: Companies to Watch We are still reviewing 2018 J.P.Morgan Healthcare presentations for inclusion in our portfolio but here are two longer term opportunities to track for milestones and growth: Accelerate Diagnostics and Denali Therapeutics. Accelerate Diagnostics (AXDX). Accelerate is an emerging in vitro diagnostic company providing solutions for serious infections . The […]

Sluggish Early Trading in Biotech Tracks NASDAQ Down 0.14%% Promising Year for M&A and Tax Cuts Improving Bottom Line There is a little follow-on to Tuesday’s rally bringing prices for major ETFs above where they were last week. The biotech screen reverted to flat/green where it was on Monday.There were a few big winners that […]

Another clinical trial failure for an Alzheimer’s Disease in a late stage trial triggered a pre-market sell-off. Both Biogen (BIIB) -aducanumab- and Lilly (LLY)- solanezumab -drugs in development are engineered antibodies that attack beta amyloid targets in the brain. At the close 11/23: ACIU $11.53 down 15.84% BIIB $305.93 down 3.83% LLY $68 down 10.51% […]

Will the GOP cut the NIH budget? Turf battles at the Institutes to follow. Who knew there were only two breakthroughs in mental health drugs: Thorazine and Lithium? Federal Research Center Will Help Develop Medicines – NYTimes.com Most experts believe the PET Imaging procedure can be helpful. Alzheimer’s Scan Might Help Spot Disease Alzheimer’s Association […]

Despite a bunch of way-too-late analyst downgrades (JPMorgan, Roth, Hapoalim) MDVN stock is up 1%+ at $13.25 on volume of 8.8M shares. But there are two interesting articles coming out of the Medivation drama: Robert Langreth writing in Forbes offers the potential of better results on two upcoming trials and comments from Lon Schneider, an […]

Medivation (MDVN) released disappointing Phase III results for its Alzheimer drug, known as dimebon, saying that the drug was ineffective in treating cognitive decline or behavioral disorders. The stock plunged 67% to 13 as of midday trading on Wednesday. In a joint release Medivation and its partner Pfizer (PFE) said its two Phase III trials […]

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Rod Raynovich is the founder of Raygent Associates, a management consulting firm providing business development and strategic marketing services in the life science and medical device area. He publishes his thoughts and analysis on the biotech industry at www.raygent.com.